Former Acting ICE Director Homan: Caravan Migrants Not 'True Asylum Seekers'

The migrant caravan at the U.S.-Mexico border consists of mostly men who are not "true asylum seekers," former Acting ICE Director Thomas Homan said Monday, adding that he agrees with President Donald Trump's threat to shut down the border if Mexico doesn't deport the migrants back to their home countries.

"We've got to look at the facts here. A minority of this caravan -- a small minority -- is actually family members, women and children," Homan told Fox News' "America's Newsroom."

"Most of them are adult males."

He also accused people who are coordinating the caravan of intentionally displaying women and children to "pull the heartstrings of America," and said the media is playing along.

"This is a vast majority of males seeking employment in the United States, not women and children," said Homan.

More